Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 917 The World's Strongest Man Boss
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In a more relaxed environment, this sitcom directed by Jim Barksdale is definitely praising Zheru Software for being so awesome-everyone is using its products, revealing a kind of dominance Domineering all over the world!
However, here is the hearing held by the U.S. Senate specifically for Zheru Software's alleged monopoly.

Originally, this hearing should only belong to the specifications of a committee, but I don’t know if it was because everyone was a little “free” on the eve of the Christmas holiday—all 50 members of the Senate from 100 states in the United States were present.

Looking at the overcrowded auditorium, all the major media in the United States gathered. Looking at the posture, I can't wait to directly pull all parties involved to interview on the spot.

Under such circumstances, the words of Jim Barksdale can be said to be heart-breaking words, and they will drive Zheru Software Company to death.

Compared to Brad Swahlberg glaring at Jim Barksdale, Tang Huan's face was calm and composed.

When Jim Barksdale closed his mouth triumphantly, the richest man stood up and said slowly, "I have to say, Mr. Barksdale gave a very vivid example, I almost thought he was Praise and appreciate Zheru Software."

Before the laughter subsided, Tang Huan said in a serious tone, "Unfortunately not—Baksdale is using a very confusing psychological hint to induce everyone's awareness of Zheru Software Company."

Looking around, Tang Huan said loudly: "Now I can also follow Barksdale's method and ask everyone questions - everyone here who has never drank Coca-Cola, please raise your hands!"

Seeing the same situation where "everyone present, no one raised their hand", Jim Barksdale jumped ahead of Tang Huan and said with a sneer, "Let me remind you, you're digressing."

"Of course I didn't digress." Tang Huan looked at Jim Barksdale indifferently, "At this stage, the popularity of personal computers can be said to be necessary for work, and the products of Zheru Software are only spreadsheet software. CGrid has been with countless users for nearly 20 years - you deliberately created a situation of "those who have not used the products of Zheru Software, please raise your hand", which makes it difficult for people to determine their use experience for a while. How could you raise your hand so easily?"

Seeing that Jim Barksdale was at a loss for words for a while, Tang Huan looked at the members of the Senate: "Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why I use Coca-Cola as an analogy is to prove that Barksdale is deliberately In addition to misleading everyone, it also shows that Zheru Software is eager to become a company like Coca-Cola that has a reputation, value, influence, and is worthy of being respected."

"Here, please allow me to briefly list the contributions Zheru Software has made to the entire industry over the years."

"In 1979, starting from the world's first spreadsheet software, 8-bit software was developed for the personal computer platform; in 1981, a mature 16-bit software environment was officially built for the personal computer platform; in 1985, the advanced 32-bit system, Introduced to the PC platform; today, in some specific areas, it provides a 64-bit experience."

"And this is only the roughest, the platform evolution contribution of the IT industry development process that Zheru Software participated in; there are also character encoding, graphical user interface, multitasking, graphics and images, digital video compression and decompression, and even the world wide web that is now well known , browsers... and other fields, Zhiru Software is also working tirelessly."

"Of course, at the same time, Zheru Software Company is also receiving corresponding business benefits."

"But don't forget that Zheru Software is using part of these proceeds to actively contribute to public welfare and give back to the society."

"One of the projects that we participated in, the 'One Computer for One Child' project aimed at bridging the digital divide, and the long-term discounts for Zheru software products that help educational institutions reduce the pressure on software copyright expenditures, etc., must be well-known projects that everyone is familiar with."

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zheru Software has always respected the rules of free competition in the market—you might as well take a look at those peers who came to testify. In addition to IBM and other industry veterans, there are more companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Borland, etc., are contemporary strugglers who have worked hard for more than ten years."

"Needless to say, Zheru Software competes with them in terms of products and technologies; but everyone is in a free and fair competitive environment, and then pursues each other benignly, constantly launching more advanced products and technology, bring users a better experience, promote the rapid development of the industry, and finally grow together to today.”

"Let's take a look at Netscape again—this new company, founded in 1994, is favored by the financial community by virtue of its aggressiveness in browser research and development. It took about a year and a half to successfully IPO. A perfect story of a successful startup.”

"I noticed that it may be because of these achievements and honors that it came so smoothly. Netscape was very impatient in terms of operations. Confucian Software’s efforts to shape itself into an industry monopoly.”

"I would like to ask you to understand some objective facts - Zheru Software Company is one of the creators of the World Wide Web and browsers. The Zheru browser Polestar on the front end and the Zheru Internet service ZIS on the backend were launched in the early 1990s. By comparison, Netscape is a latecomer to the browser market."

“I don’t know if Netscape considers itself a challenger and has a sacred mission to surpass or even overthrow all existing winners. Even so, it doesn’t matter. This may also be a way of progress. As long as you keep your head down and do things, you can achieve success. alright."

"Unfortunately, what I have seen is that Netscape has adopted another approach, that is, trying to push Zheru Software into a monopoly position to achieve the goal of eliminating competitors."

"I would like to advise Netscape that the earth does not revolve around you, and of course it does not revolve around Zheru Software Company. The success of many companies in the industry, including Zheru Software Company, is seen today. It’s all the result of years of unremitting efforts, and Netscape is too impatient, so eager for quick success and instant benefits that everyone who has worked hard until now, how can it be embarrassing?”

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After Tang Huan's eloquent words, Jim Barksdale looked livid when he heard it, and immediately retorted: "This is slandering Netscape and confusing the public - Zheru Software Company's monopoly is well known."

"I'm just telling the truth." Tang Huanyun responded calmly: "I believe that after ten years of hard work, Netscape should also have what Mr. Barksdale called a 'monopoly' position in the industry. "

"In order to prove that Netscape launched the antitrust lawsuit out of public interest, I will ask a question similar to the one just now." Jim Barksdale, who was flushed, waved his arms angrily. People who have used IT products related to Tang Huan's company, raise your hands!"

None of the people present raised their hands.

Jim Barksdale reiterated: "Please do as I say!"

None of the people present raised their hands.

"You see, ladies and gentlemen?" Jim Barksdale summed up spatteringly. If necessary, he can use his resources to easily attack upstarts like Netscape."

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"I seriously protest against Jim Barksdale's arbitrary evaluation and attack on me." Tang Huan said loudly: "According to Jim Barksdale's thinking, anyone who has made outstanding achievements in this field through hard work can is guilty."

Jim Barksdale, who has completely torn his face, retorted without showing any weakness: "Now you are guilty of covering the computer industry with one hand!"

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The tit-for-tat debate in the Senate not only caused everyone present to whisper, but the ratings of the American cable TV channel C-SPAN, which was responsible for the live broadcast, soared. Even major TV networks also launched simultaneous analysis and commentary. Synchronizing graphics and text is even easier.

Among the group of spectators, there are many people who have a clear stand, and some who are ignorant are listening to the so-called neutral explanations of the senior people who are guests and commentators.

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"We have seen that from the very beginning of the hearing, the Netscape side cleverly used the atmosphere of the scene to create the image of Zhiru Software as a monopoly, which can be described as murderous."

"As the hearing progressed, the response strategy adopted by Zheru Software Company, which was not in a hurry by the raid, gradually became clear, that is, to drag the issue to whether Zheru Software Company is in a monopoly position. to avoid using monopoly status to resort to anti-free competition methods."

"During this process, Tang showed his adaptable wisdom and contagious eloquence, while Barksdale seemed a little restless, and even began to attack Don irrationally."

"The hearing began to be chaotic... Barksdale seemed a little angry and garbled with words."

"The chairman of the hearing restored order...Oracle CEO Larry Ellison began to testify."

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In fact, since the end of the 1970s, C-SPAN, which has been licensed to broadcast live events in the U.S. Congress, has only one camera in the Senate, so the effect of the live broadcast is relatively limited. The shoulders, but the congressmen are still eye-catching in the camera, and the congressmen are in the middle of their hands to highlight their images. As for the witnesses, they can hardly grab the clear close-up shots of the front.

But this slightly dull TV picture has attracted more and more viewers——the entire United States has entered the Christmas holiday mode ahead of schedule!

It has to be said that the guests talked about the wonderful comments of Lotus, adding luster to this live broadcast.

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"Obviously, Larry Ellison's testimony is trying to shift the focus of the issue from whether Zheru Software has a monopoly position to whether Zheru Software has used unfair competition."

"It's just that in the large database market, unlike the browser market, the competition between Zheru Software and Netscape is not the main line, but besides Zheru Software and Oracle, there are also other companies such as IBM, Sybase, etc. The testimony of the company, and thus Larry Ellison, was not as direct and forceful as that of Netscape."

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"The hearings have been going on for hours, and we can see from the camera footage that even the seasoned senators are showing signs of fatigue."

"After all, the IT field that this hearing targets is very professional. It is not easy to understand just some of the terminology that is often involved."

"We can basically make the following predictions-whether there will be any results in today's hearing, and it is also in time for the Christmas and New Year's holidays. All parties must be prepared to fight again next year; I hope the poor Netscape The company, can survive 1997 and wait for a result it expects."

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The fact is also true. The timing of this hearing was a hidden mystery—since it was unavoidable, the richest man chose Christmas Eve, which is the easiest time for people to be distracted from work, to start a "good start". corresponding public relations.

It can be said that the hearing on the alleged monopoly of Zheru Software Company ended in an anticlimactic manner amid extremely heated debate.

Regardless of what the relevant parties think, the outside world continues to talk about it with gusto.

For example, Jim Barksdale's personal attack on Tang Huan is tantamount to piercing a layer of window paper-how much Tang Huan's achievements in the IT field have affected the Americans, or even people all over the world?

After the meddlesome people listed them eloquently, there was a subtle sense of "careful thinking and extreme fear" in public opinion.

A theory that seems to have spread from the game community quickly formed on the Internet-the richest man, Mr. Tang Huan, has become a world-class "BOSS", while "players" from all walks of life who dream of touching equipment, getting gold coins, and gaining prestige, I am working hard to study the strategy, eager to overthrow the target.

Traditional media, which pay more and more attention to the Internet, immediately accepted this metaphor, and further summarized it as follows: in the political arena, US President Bill Clinton has been pursued and beaten by conservatives represented by the Republican Party; Now, Tang Huan, the richest man in the world, may follow in his footsteps and face a mob attack.

As a concentrated expression, "Time" selected Tang Huan as the man of the year in 1996, and gave the following comments:

Don, a super-rich billionaire who dominated the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and ushered in the Internet wave of the 1990s - there is reason to believe that Don may be the most powerful man of this century.

And he, and the company he created, may be linked to antitrust for some time to come.

PS: Does not account for word count.

I have written chapter 1000, it seems that my 4-digit chapter number is correct~.

In the rest of the ending, Tang's richest man, Tang IT, and Tang Daheng will enter the "World Boss" mode--will the final result be that the gods block and kill the gods, and the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha; or are they pushed down by the players and looted all the gold coins, treasures, and equipment?
(End of this chapter)